Practice guidelines and health technology assessments

Practice guidelines

See individual professional organisations for more guidelines, particularly those that deal with specific medical specialties.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: US clinical practice guidelines: see the National Guidelines Clearing House
• Guidelines: register for free access
• Guidelines in Practice: register for free access
• National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions – hosted by the RCGPs
• New Zealand Guidelines Group: practice guidelines for New Zealand
• NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness): best practice clinical and public health guidance

Health technology assessments

• INAHTA (International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment): overall coordinating agency for global health technology assessment research. The CRD’s HTA database gives details of published research findings (it can be accessed as part of The Cochrane Library)